"I am wondering if there is any reason to be concerned about continuing to use the (fiberglass stuffed) pillow..."
Being on digest, this may have been responded to already. My father is a general contractor, so I am aware of the danger of fiberglass. Even if worked with, they minimally (even 50 years ago) would wear long sleeves, thick gloves, masks, and goggles, and make sure to shower soon thereafter. Though their exposure is more than working with a lace pillow where it is "contained," the fine fibers leak and go everywhere. Think of how you aren't aware of dust in the air, but when the sun comes through the window, one sees it is abundant. Just as you would be careful about asbestos, or worry about a sliver of glass entering the body and bloodsteam (and going to the heart, etc.), one should think similarly of fiberglass. Your health risk, or even the cost of the medical care one would need (and I am not sure what they can really do for you, after all), makes the price of the pillow seem trivial. Google "fiberglass dangers" or any similar terms, and you will be surprised at how much disconcerting information there is out there. Not only are you puncturing the pillow, but you are leaning over it, breathing. I cannot even fathom that one would make a pillow of that kind of content. Even if I laid eyes on a roll of fiberglass, I was told to never go near it, and somehow did or had to, to try not to breathe, then go home and immediately remove and quarantine my clothes and shower; then wash my clothes separate from other things and often two cycles. Best, Susan Reishus www.SusanReishusDesigns.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
